Is President Obama’s Prostate Gland More Important Than Yours?
When President Obama had his routine physical last year, he enjoyed the freedom to consult with his doctors, weigh the pros and cons of PSA testing, and decide for himself what was in his best medical interest. But under ObamaCare, the President will not allow you that same freedom. Instead, the federal government will decide for you. Continue reading
Paul Hsieh, MD on SCOTUS ObamaCare ruling
1) American health care will be in deep trouble in just a few years. 2) There are plenty of good ideas for free market health care reform. 3) ObamaCare must be defeated politically. Continue reading
Obamacare’s Tax on Medical Devices: Cuts R&D by $2 Billion a Year
Reduced investment in medical device research & development will “yield an annual decline of about 1 million expected life-years for the U.S. population. … The economic cost of that reduction in expected life-years would be at least $100 billion per year.” Continue reading
Obamacare’s Tax on Medical Devices: Cuts R&D by $2 Billion a Year
Reduced investment in medical device research & development will “yield an annual decline of about 1 million expected life-years for the U.S. population. … The economic cost of that reduction in expected life-years would be at least $100 billion per year.” Continue reading
Medical device tax: “less innovation, fewer jobs, & and fewer lives saved,” says ZOLL Medical president
Another reason to fight against ObamaCare. Continue reading
Medical device tax: “less innovation, fewer jobs, & and fewer lives saved,” says ZOLL Medical president
Another reason to fight against ObamaCare. Continue reading
Government-Funded Medical Research Is Hazardous to Your Health
Just as Americans have become increasingly skeptical of “global warming” policy proposals based on questionable government-funded climate science, they should be skeptical about mandatory medical practice protocols based on increasingly questionable government-funded medical research. Continue reading
Can Health Care Be Bought and Sold on eBay?
A small, emerging online service called MediBid is creating an actual market that puts doctors together with patients who need care. Here’s the best thing about it. Patients who use this service can cut their health care costs in half. Continue reading
Worse Than Death Panels: Evidence-Based Medicine
The Obama administration is contemplating something that is even scarier [than death panels]: doctors would be given immunity from malpractice lawsuits, but only if they practice medicine according to government guidelines. Continue reading
The FDA vs. a doctor’s cancer cure & his patients
The FDA, which instigated four grand juries and two trials during its 12-year campaign to put Stanislaw Burzynski in prison, said it did not matter whether the Texas physician’s unconventional cancer treatments saved people’s lives. The point was that he had failed to get the FDA’s permission first. Continue reading
The FDA vs. a doctor’s cancer cure & his patients
The FDA, which instigated four grand juries and two trials during its 12-year campaign to put Stanislaw Burzynski in prison, said it did not matter whether the Texas physician’s unconventional cancer treatments saved people’s lives. The point was that he had failed to get the FDA’s permission first. Continue reading
Why the Doctor Won’t See You
John Goodman explains how Massachusetts residents have long waits for medical appointments, and how this problem will spread nation wide as ObamaCare is implemented. Continue reading
